Storm Scents: It's True, You Can Smell Oncoming Summer Rain. When people say they can smell a storm coming, they're right. Weather patterns produce distinctive odors that sensitive noses sniff out. This year's peculiar weather patternsâsuch as drought in the Midwest and a super derecho of thunderstorms earlier this summerâare no exception.
With 9.7 million new cars and trucks sold in 2013, Germanyâs Volkswagen Group (that includes a host of brands, like Audi, Bentley, Lamborghini and Porsche in Canada) is well on its way to its goal of surpassing GM and Toyota as the worldâs largest automaker by 2018.
Here we go: Large American Brands: Ford: The original American car company, making everything from muscle cars to SUVâs to truck, they will almost constantly bash with Chevrolet owners over which brand is the ultimate American car. Chevrolet: Largest brand of General Motors, they make a variety of cars just like Ford. Dodge: Generally a bit more separated from the other two American brands, and now a subsidiary of Fiat-Chrysler, Dodge makes both family cars and muscle cars with an obscene amount of horsepower.